How come I never saw Larry on my block when I was growing up?
The worst thing that could happen as a kid was if a neighbor complained
about me, boy would I be in trouble. In this example, even if the cop was
wrong I was taught at an early age to answer, "Yes sir", and "No, sir." I
never would have said let me call my mom because if I reached her she would
have told the cop to handle it and then bring me home so I could be punished
much worse. No questions asked.
The problem with that kid, and confirmed by Biff is that he never gets in
trouble. His mom and him went on TV to complain. My parents would have
been to ashamed to go on TV because I mouthed off to a cop. Sure kids do
things wrong, but most of the time if you are polite it will not get to that
point.
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Larry Macy, Ph.D. <lmacy@phillymgclub.com>
wrote:
> In the neighborhood I grew up in, it was perfectly acceptable for one
> mom or dad on the block to disipline any kid from the block that was
> not behaving. If the kid went crying back home, he/she usually got a
> whollop from mom or dad. Kids were expected to behave and all adults
> were expected to be sure they did.
>
> Larry
>
> Quoting Robert Bruce Evans <b-evans@earthlink.net>:
>
> > Elijah.ManWell wrote: "An officers job is to uphold the law. Not
> > discipline children or anyone else."
> > By the snot-nosed comments, the kid was not disciplined by his
> > parents. So, whose job is it to discipline a child? Face it,
> > today's parents are acting increasingly lazy or irresponsible when
> > it comes to many aspects of raising a child, and want someone else
> > to do the job for them. When it comes to discipline these parents
> > usually see it eventually being meted out by prisons.
> > I can remember my uncle, who was a cop in the 1930's and 1940's,
> > telling of taking smart assed kids at night, handcuffing them to a
> > light pole, and coming back for them the next morning. My, how
> > those kids learned quickly how to behave in public, and show respect
> > for others! And grew up to be good, decent, responsible citizens.
> > BE
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